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Blown OUT OF PROPORTION

It can be a bizarre tale: how individuals discover their next endeavour. John Popenhagen’s narrative began at his grandson’s birthday party, where he was a guest. A 1961 Morris Commercial bus sat in the middle of an overgrown yard while the youngsters at the party ran around and played outside. When John’s thoughts began to race, he went straight to the owner and inquired about the item’s availability for purchase. The fact that it wasn’t for sale but could be his free as long as he met one requirement astounded him. He was shocked! If he could remove it, then it was his.

IF HE COULD REMOVE IT, THEN IT WAS HIS

John, who works as a grounds and maintenance keeper during the day, has a lot of experience of working on cars, and we’d say he’s very competent with a set of tools. Those skills came in handy, as he had to fabricate an A-frame he could attach before he could pull the bus from the tangle of weeds. After destroying a few fences and damaging an old gate on the way, the

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